Deziree Davanzatti is a thief by trade and to keep herself occupied between jobs, she owns and operates Onyx, a trendy nightclub for the supernatural citizens of New York City.

What else would a 400-something year old demon-human hybrid do with her spare time?

Following a drunken night of questionable decisions, the vampire Michael “Vegas” Tremayne leaves town with no explanation. Dez is left wondering if they made a mistake and if it cost her a price she wasn’t willing to pay – her best friend and confidant.

When he returns after two weeks of no contact, he comes bearing grave news that could potentially change the world forever….or end it all together. To make matters worse, they suspect that someone they know may be behind it all.

An extremely dangerous chain of events has been set in motion and it is up to Dez and Vegas, with the help of his brother Lucas, to find a way to stop it.

About the Author: JM Gregoire

J.M. Gregoire was born and raised in New Hampshire, USA and despite her abhorrence for any season that dares to drop to a temperature below seventy degrees, she still currently resides there with her two children and her two cats. Always a passionate reader, her love of urban fantasy books eventually morphed into a love of writing them. She is currently working on the Demon Legacy series and has an urban fantasy thriller project coming up that will be co-written with one of her best friends and favorite authors, Ginny Lurcock.

The time seemed to pass quickly. Deziree had taken a second to pan around the
room and felt the mild pangs of disappointed when she didn't see Vegas anywhere. She took a
look over the main bar and realized that some of the bottles were getting a low.

"Hey Danni,” she called to the bartender, “I’m going to take a break on the roof. When I
get back, I will run out back and grab some refills."

As she stepped out of the roof-access door onto the flat expanse of building, Deziree
opened her pack of cigarettes, took one out, put it to her lips and lit it. She could feel his
presence as she took her first drag. She exhaled and smiled when she heard his voice behind her.

"Those are bad for you, you know."

When she spun around, he was standing a few paces away.

"Hey you." As Deziree gazed at Vegas, her smile didn't attenuate. Besides the fact that
he was her best friend, she loved to look at him. He was by far the most beautiful creature
she'd laid eyes on in her extraordinarily long life. He was stereotypically hot guy. Tall, dark
and every bit of him was dangerous. He was six-two or three, the top of his smooth, bald head
towering above her. She couldn’t imagine the number of razors he’d gone through over the
centuries to keep that look. He had the perfectly chiseled appearance of a deadly hunter. Most
people would have to spend hours in the gym every day for a body like that, but his undead
status meant he didn't even have to try. He would look like that forever. His eyes were the
only tell-tale sign that he was a vampire. Those irises – each a pure gleaming gold with a darkbrown ring bordering the edge - were the only giveaway to the general public of what he was.
She, on the other hand, could feel it. She could feel the electricity crackle in the air whenever
her was around. In more than four hundred years, she had never met someone as exciting as
Vegas, and she wanted him from the moment they first met. Why did we fight it?

"Can I bum one off you?" He nodded his head toward the cigarettes.

"You would make a terrible spokesperson for anti-smoking public service
announcements," she replied with a snarky tone. As she fumbled with the pack of cigarettes, he
stepped closer to her. Her nerves hummed.

With a predatory smile that revealed his intentions, he closed what little remaining
space there was between them. Reaching his hand around the back of her neck and tilting her
head, he brought his lips down to meet hers. Her head spun with euphoria. His scent washed
away every negative thought she'd had about him in the last two weeks. When the kiss finally
broke, it was not her doing. Taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes to see that he had that
his smile had grown wicked.

"You didn't answer me on the phone," he purred. "Did you miss me?"

"Well, with the harem of men I have at my disposal, I couldn't find the time to miss
someone I only had a little fling with." She stepped back and with a smirk, she added, "I mean, I
didn't even get breakfast."

Vegas dropped his gaze. "I honestly am sorry about that. I don't want you to get the
wrong idea. I had a fantastic time and I didn't want to leave, but I was contracted at the last
minute and it was time-sensitive."

Deziree smiled. "I'm just fucking with you, Michael. I'm not mad. I mean, I was initially.
But I figured something must have happened. A call or a text would have been nice, but shit
happens, right?"

"Well," he said, his wicked grin firmly in place and his eyebrow cocked, "let me make it up to you."

"We'll see about that," she replied as her heart pounded in her chest.

"I can hear your heart racing." Stepping forward, he leaned down and kissed her again.
When he broke away again, she found herself wishing that she didn't have to go back to work.
He leaned his forehead on hers and whispered, "My place when you get out?"

"Sure," was her quick breathy reply.

"I have a few things to take care of," he said quietly, "and then I will meet you here
around the time you guys usually lock up."

She nodded in response, and he turned, walked to the edge of the roof and dropped
off the side. After standing there for a few moments in a daze, she finished her cigarette and
headed back through the roof-access door to finish her shift.

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